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Patrick Soon-Shiong, who called for a more tempered approach at LAT to covering politics, posted 18 times on X last week to boost RFK Jr.'s nomination — With trust in the news media at deep lows, Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is calling for a more tempered approach …

Journalists Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya launch Breaker Media, based out of New York City, with a $12 per month weekly newsletter and podcast — The News — Two prominent New York journalists are launching a scoopy new media venture aimed at storming the city's interlocking scenes of media, culture, and power.
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Peter Rubin on LinkedIn, Sewell Chan on LinkedIn, @shantrs, @lachcartwright, @semaforben, @lachcartwright and @ravisomaiya

The Star-Ledger, NJ's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become online-only; three affiliated papers will end print editions — The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become an online-only news outlet.
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New Jersey Online, @pityforyourself, DNyuz, @nkulw, @bryancurtis.bsky.social and @adamkeiper.com

Nielsen and Paramount settle a monthslong contract dispute with a new agreement that covers both linear and streaming measurement across Paramount's portfolio — The new agreement covers both linear and streaming measurement across Paramount's portfolio. — Nielsen and Paramount have settled a months-long contract dispute.
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Awful Announcing, TV Tech, TVNewsCheck, Radio & Television …, Reuters, The Wrap, MediaPost, @whatsonpplus, @bristei, @nielsen, @bradat, @mrschimpf, @jbflint, @kerrymflynn, Axios and WORLD SCREEN

Largo.ai, an AI analytics platform for the film, TV, and ad industries, raised a $7.5M Series A from Sylvester Stallone and others — Co-led by Los Angeles-based TI Capital and Switzerland and Los Angeles-based QBIT Capital, funding round participants for Largo.ai include Boston's Atreides Management …

A profile of independent journalist Marisa Kabas, whose scoop on her site the Handbasket led to the Trump administration rescinding an order to freeze spending — First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came …

Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier — Ampere Analysis monetization ad-supported video Netflix — The U.S streaming market will approach $17 billion in advertising revenue …
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@tvgrimreaper and The Media Leader

DMGT reports revenue up 11% YoY to £1.1B in the year to September 30, 2024 and a £6M pre-tax profit, up from a £13M pre-tax loss in 2023 — Cost cuts helped the publisher of the Mail titles significantly grow operating profit at its consumer media titles in the year to the end of September 2024.

CNN expands its Middle East footprint with a new operation in Qatar, where its content creators will publish on digital and social media and make a weekly show — CNN is expanding its footprint in the Middle East by opening a new operation in Qatar as part of its “broader strategy to deepen …
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Communicate Online, Broadband TV News, @hahussain, CNN and Al Jazeera

Sinclair says Dave Howitt, senior vice president of programming, will retire on March 31 after over 30 years with the company — He leaves at the end of March after over 30 years with Sinclair. The company has promoted Linda Greenwald and Matthew Diehlmann to directors of programming.
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Radio & Television …, Adweek and The Desk

tvScientific, which lets advertisers target and measure CTV ads through partnerships with NBCUniversal, Hulu, Tubi, and others, raised a $25.5M Series B — - Digital ad spend overtaking TV has resulted not just as consumers spend more time online but as these newer platforms are easier …

The US NTSB says it will stop emailing updates about two recent plane crashes to news outlets and reporters, opting to exclusively post updates on its X account — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Saturday said it will stop e-mailing news organizations and reporters …
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